Indian Musical Instruments and instrumentalists.

1. Santoor:—-     Shiv Kumar Sharma.
2. Sarod:—-     Buddhadev Dasgupta,Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan, Sharan Rani, Zarin S Sharma.
3. Sarangi:—-    Ustad Binda khan.
4. Sitar:—-    Ravi Sankar, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilayat Khan, Mustaq Ali Khan.
5. Surb Ahar:—-    Sajjad Hussain, Annapurna..
6. Veena:—-    Doraiswamy Lyengar, Chitti Babu, Emani Sankara Shastri, Dhanammal, S Bela Chandran, KR Kumaraswamy.
7. Violin:—-    Gajanan Rao Joshi, MS GoPal Krishnan, TN Krishnan, Baluswamy, Dikshitar, Dwaran Venkataswamy Naidu, Lalyuli G Jayaraman, Mysore T ChowDiah, VG Jog.
8. Been:—-    Asad Ali Khan, Zia Moin-ud-din Khan.

Wind Instruments:–

1. Flute:—-   TR Mahalingam, N Ramani, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pannalal Ghosh.
2. Nadaswaran:—-    Sheikh Chinhna Moula, Neeruswamy Pillai, Rajaratanam Pillai.
3. Shehnai:—-    Bismillah Khan.

Percussion (Striking / Thumping) Instruments:–

1. Mridangam:—-    Palghat Mani Lyer, Karaikudi R Mani, Palghat Raghu.
2. Pakhawag:—-    Pt Ayodhya Prasad, Gopal Das, Babu Ram shanker Pagaldas.
3. Tabla:—-     Zakir hussain, nikhil Ghosh, kishan MAharaj,Alla Rakha Khan, Pandit samta Prasad, Kumar Bose, Latif khan.
4. Kanjira:—-    Pudukkotai Dakshinamurthi Pillai.

Instruments Vocalists:–

• Carnatic:—-    MS Subbalakshmi, Balamuralikrishna, Bombay Jaishree, HK Raghavendra, Aryakudi Ramanujan lyenegar Venkataram, Sitarajam, Mani krishnaswamy, Akhil Krishnan, ML Vasanthakumari, MD Ramanathan, GN Balasubramaniam.
• Dhrupad:—-    Ustad Rahim Fahim-ud-din Dagar, Zahir-ud-din Dagar, Wasif-ud-din Dagar, Bundecha Bandhu, Pt Abhay Narayan Mallick,Pt Ritwik sanyal, Uday Bhawalkar.
• Hindustani:—-    Shubha Mudgal, Madhup Mudgal,Pandit Jasraj, Naaina Devi,Ustad GulamMustafa khan, Krishna Hangal.
• Thumri:—-    Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Mazhar Ali Khan, Ustad Zawad Ali Khan, Poornima Chaudhary, Shanti heerananda, naina devi, Rita Ganguly.
• Qawwali:—-     Ghulam Hasan niyazi, Sultan Niyazi, Ghulam Farid Nizami, Hussain Khan Bandanawaji, Aslam Sabaari, Chand Nizami.